By: David Freddoso
Commentary Staff Writer
Washington Examiner
09/21/09 9:59 AM EDT
Since passing tort reform in 2004, Mississippi has seen the number of medical malpractice claims plummet by 91 percent from its peak. The state’s largest medical liability insurer dropped its premiums by 42 percent, and has offered an additional 20 percent rebate each year since tort reform went into effect.
That is the story that Mississippi’s Republican, governor, Haley Barbour, offered on Friday, speaking at the Heritage Foundation. He also made an observation about President Obama’s decision to offer only token “demonstration projects” on lawsuit abuse rather than address it meaningfully in his health care reform proposal.
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